Why You Should NEVER EVER USE SEAFOAM!!
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In this video I show why you should never use Seafoam. I give three reasons right at the beginning. I also give reasons why you SHOULD use Seafoam. Hint: I use Seafoam and in my experience, the stuff works! Also, it's a pretty fun product to use with a super satisfying plume of white smoke after the 'hot soak.'
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In this video you'll see me use Seafoam on my 1995 GMC Truck Suburban otherwise known as the GMT-400 or K1500. This truck is the same as the Silverado, Sierra, Tahoe, Yukon and even Escalade.
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As a mechanic, I can honestly state that SeaFoam really does work! It is one of maybe four over-the-counter fluids that actually does what it says! I swear by it!
Do you mind listing the other 3 products?
@@nonenone4078 jb radiator sealer, marvel mystery oil, anything from Lubriplate.. JB radiator sealer is a temporary product, but ive seen it seal up 1/2" holes in a radiator so you could drive back to a repair shop.. another one was flex tape. My buddy kept it on his boat in case the fan belt ever broke.
Yeah I love the stuff. Been a backyard mechanic pretty much my whole life. Just a few weeks ago I picked up a 86 Subaru gl and my buddy didn't believe that seafoam would help with the lifter tick 30 minutes after I pour it in no more lifter tick. He was like wtf why did no one tell me about seafoam.
Make that 5. I’ve found Engine Restore to be something of a prepackaged miracle in engines with many, many hours and miles.
@@Cjbarker2 I poured a bottle into the engine oil after emptying out about half a quart. Man my engine had more pep at acceleration and would just glide on the road without struggling. Jeep Cherokee with 156K
To really get that cloud of smoke you want, you have to spray the throttle body so much that you stall the engine. When you finish the can and have your assistant switch off the key IMMEDIATELY when the can goes empty. Do not delay this step. Then let it heat soak. You will then get your billowing cloud of smoke.
Yes, he was reading for the fuel injector section not the carburetor section
I used that sea foam spray in a 2001 Honda Odyssey and I completely fogged my entire neighborhood. It was incredible. 218k miles before treatment. I have done it twice on two years and get the same reaction.
Also spraying directly into the intake with a straw on is scary. I learned that lesson on my Silverado. Straw flew in and it never came back out. Never took the intake manifold off to look. I guess the valves nibbled it away. It did no damage. Scary but funny.
I've done that with my ATV lol
I’m sure it melted and got blown out as fumes
Did it to my parents Odyssey it was the G.O.A.T! I've done like 10 different cars they all had decent clouds but the ody was crazy the whole neighborhood was smoked out 😂
If it was a 5.3 it’s now evaporated lol
Have u had any problems with your engine These past years
Legend has it he talks like this when the camera is off too.
LMAO!! 😂😂 I just imagined him ordering food in this voice
Oh I knew this had to be a bait and switch. Seafoam is the shiznit.
The better thing about it is that it won't harm plastics like products that contain acetone as some throttle body cleaners do.
anything to get views! lost my interest with the channel because of this title/ opening
Ya man, I was about to come in and start trolling the guy...lol seafoam is the best...
Fo Shizil my dude!
Yea, I was gonna say… 😂
Seafoam just performed it's second miracle for me. $200 195,000 mile '99 Accord. 'Check engine' light P0401 on for low flow in EGR system. Car was running fine. Engine warm, I removed the power brake booster hose from the booster. I poured about 6 ounces of Seafoam in a cup. I started the engine and used the brake booster hose and let it suck in the Seafoam. It was sucking too fast, so I regulated it a bit by partially obstructing the opening with my thumb and I did not fully submerge the end of the hose. Not revving the engine at all, just letting it barely idle and suck in the fluid. Small amounts of smoke started coming out of the exhaust, and even a little bit from between the exhaust manifold and pipe, and other places that don't normally leak. I continued adding the fluid. When the fluid was almost gone, I let the engine suck in enough to stall it. Not too much, I did not want to hydro-lock it.
I then let it sit for about 2 hours. I started it and made a big billowing cloud of very dense white smoke, which did in fact arouse the curiosity of at least one neighbor. I drove it hard and varied the engine speed and load for a couple of miles. On hard acceleration, it made even more thick clouds of smoke. I thought it was running fine before, but now the idle is smoother. I used an $18 ebay scan tool to turn off the 'check engine' light. A little bit of driving and a day later, and the light has not come back on.
Turning off a 'check engine' light for a few bucks is obviously a great deal, but for the other cars on the road keeping such a wide distance away from me, the nosy neighbor and of course the huge puffy clouds of smoke - might make Seafoam worth the eight bucks just for the entertainment value alone.
I've been using Seafoam in all of vehicles for many year, including small engines like lawn mowers and tractors, and it really does work great.
Honestly, I use Sea Foam as body wash. It has a nice light sent and leaves my skin feeling soft with a nice glow.
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I drink it and it gives me a nice glow
God damn thats manley
It’s probably the petroleum in it. Same stuff as petroleum jelly. Hell use it on the baby’s rear for diaper rash
I use it as a colon cleanse
You didn't kill the engine with the spray. I can hear your engine still running in the background while you're holding the empty can. You should lower your rpms and spray until it kills the engine when you feel the can is almost empty. That way you'll actually hot SOAK the engine. Once you shut off your engine most of the sea foam had probably already been burnt off. If you do it right, your neighbours should be looking out their windows and the fire department should arrive shortly after.
Haha
Yep, kill the motor at the same point you're using the final use of Seafoam
Yes, agreed. This worked and I blanketed the entire town with a giant white cloud by doing this
this works best, gotta let it soak in alittle, then make the whole neighborhood think theres a house fire somewhere while u blowin garbage outa your motor
it is scary to choke ur truck to death tho, makes u feel bad
In my opinion the folks that dont like Seafoam have never used it correctly or just partial to certain name brands they have used ... I have always had great results in years past with vehicles that are high mileage or had been poorly maintained by previous owners. This is a great tool to help rehab some older engines.
I'm not partial to certain brands and I've always used it correctly and I still don't like it there's better and other brands out there
I was seafoaming my car in a crowded parking lot in Compton...the man next to us said , “Don’t do that!” I said, “I’m getting rid of the carbon build-up.” He replied, “You don’t want the smoke!” I said, “Yes, I want all the smoke!” He punched me...turns out we were talking about 2 different things!
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Lol
Lol 😅😂so what was the other guy talking about??
I would recommend doing this BEFORE you change your oil. Do the Seafoam thing, do your post-Seafoam drive, then do your oil change. At this point, you might want to also hit the MAF with some MAF cleaner, as part of this maintenance scenario. This is the sequence I would do, If I was going to use Seafoam to turn carbon into big billowing epic white clouds of smoke, while making my engine cleaner inside.
Why clean MAF after doing this in particular. You inject this an inch away from throttle plate in throttle body. The MAF is up near air cleaner. I mean the MAF should be cleaned with MAF cleaner every now and then. But not after this in particular
@@mitch9509 Yeah, RIGHT! And I'M NICOLA TESLA!!! 🤨
I tried seafoam on a ford 302 that was running rough, one thing I noticed is that the lifters quieted down, also the idle was much smoother, and it misfired a lot less and overall just sounded much smoother when driving. Your truck was already running good before you put the seafoam in, on an engine that runs rough, seafoam is definitely worth a try.
Used Seafood on our 256K mile Ford Explorer. Used one can of Seafoam, which is hard to do, as the throttle is drive-by-wire. Got the engine to stall just before the can ran out. Let her heat soak 15 minutes. Started the engine back up, got some smoke. Put her in gear, gave it some gas, and she stalled right away. Got her started again an slowly, slowly drove off. The smoke show began. 250,000 plus miles of carbon, and PCV residue in the intake came off. Hitting the expressway at 45 mph was a fog show. The truck now no longer shudders at part throttle, and idles super smooth.
Got a 89 c1500 I always run a can of seafoam every 6months for the last 10 years one day I had to replace the intake manifold gaskets I was surprised on how clean my exhaust runners were no carbon build up at all and to this day the truck runs and drives like a new one so happy with my truck!
I almost came here and lost my shit. Then you said things I agree with and I calmed down.
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Used seafoam on a 2012 outback, a 2008 civic and a 2000 Sierra. The outback and the civic had huge clouds of smoke that followed the car around for a while. People were trying to warn my wife in the outback that something was wrong. Best stuff I ever used.
Spray directly into the main vacuum coming off the brake booster. I've got an 84 GMC k1500 and it works like a charm.
@cvmiata The first time I did it after it had been sitting in a farmers back yard for years there was a HUGE change. There's a lot more involved in it though. Since it was a carbed engine I had to rebuild the carb which also changed a lot. I run it through my vaccum line once a month and it definitely helps
I agree. That's where I use it. It's a piece of cake in my '05 Tacoma.
Thats the best way IMO
Yep.
Can't do this if you have a heavy C/K (8600 LB GVW and above). Those of us with GM's Hydroboost brake systems. They don't have a vacuum line to the booster, as we are hydraulically boosted.
I did this about a month ago on my Grand Cherokee with the 5.7 Hemi. After I got done and started it up, no smoke. Took it for a drive and didn’t get any smoke through my neighborhood, but I do granny it through the neighborhood (I’m considerate like that). We live near a school so traffic turning out onto the main road as super backed up. As soon as someone let me out, I stomped it. Engine bogged down like crazy, like it wasn’t getting any fuel, and I thought I had screwed something up...but that didn’t stop me from keeping it on the floor just to see what happened. A few seconds later everything went back to normal and I just happened to glance in my side mirror and it looked like someone had set off a bomb in the middle of the road.
I will say I have not seen any performance or fuel economy increased since I’ve done it.
I used it on my 99 Ford F250 Super Duty V10 and the Check-Engine light went off. It's never been off in the 12 years I have owned it. I think it broke something.
Check your MAS. Probably need new one
This stuff works great, I've used it in my truck. Damn i smoked out the whole neighborhood, now my truck runs great.
At fist i thought id done some real damage. I could not see my truck it was thick smoke,
I've always had luck pouring the seafoam into a cup and using the brake booster vacuum hose to suck it up without letting it die by plugging the vacuum hose with my thumb when it gets close to dying. TONS of smoke and it runs significantly better!
The liquid seafoam can work like the sprayable one?
@@zoneb609 yes
Thank you! @@joseespinal4513
@Chris Jacobs Definitely DON'T drink seafoam.
As long as you know what the smoke is from....
I've done that same treatment to 3 of my vehicles, 93' Chevy K2500 5.7L, 95' Isuzu Rodeo 3.2L(Chevy motor), and 97' GMC K3500 7.4L. I only did the Rodeo at my house. It smoked so bad while spraying it I expected the fire department to show up at any sec. I'm sure my neighbors hated me because the cloud of stinky burnt oil lingered for ten+ min. The 2500 and 3500 I did at work, It was an industrial area and rather than pissing people off they where curious what I was doing. All 3 vehicles had around 230000 miles, all 3 smoked like tires at a burnout competition, and all 3 had noticable gains in performance and fuel efficiency.
I always put a dab of super glue on the straw where it connects to the can. So it does not detatch from the can
Life Pro Tips are always in the comments!
Awesome tip! I've had it detach a few times at which point your hands are all slick and it's just a royal pain. They should reengineering that because someone is going to have a straw sucked into their engine sooner or later. I will definitely do this next time or use a lighter to melt some hot glue to secure it......
Been using Seafoam for going on 20 years and I'll use it till I die. I just plain works for me. I especially like it for cleaning and storing my engines because it keeps the carbs clean for one, and it's a great fuel stabilizer for over the winter months when I don't use a few of my engines. I use on my motorcycles, lawn mowers, chainsaw, power ice auger, etc. to keep the running smooth and never have to do carb maintenance.
Reading the rest of the instructions on the can, would have revealed that you are supposed to drive the vehicle around for 10 miles while giving it "spirited" acceceration when safe to do so. I did this last week on my 95 Rodeo and got TONS of smoke!! It runs noticeably better.
Wow! A 95 Rodeo! With the big 6 cylinder? I had one!
Its all in your mind. U should just run a nitrous fogger
Never had a bad experience with it. Any motor. Weed eater, lawn mower, ATV, chainsaws and vehicles.
I've sucked it up into various vacuum lines on different engines, poures small amount directly into intake before this aerosol version came out and had stumbling motors straighten right up.
No complaints.
......that's rare these days.
Looking at how clean his intake is in the video and realizing that this is the third time he's run this treatment, it's not surprising that he's not blowing out a ton of smoke.
Great point...never thought about that
Your neighbors must love you, revving your engine at night in the driveway.....lol.
I think he might me be neighbor
Your title got me. I'm so glad you have the same truck as I do. 95 Suburban. I"m right now following your video exactly!
Your truck looks super clean on all the places I have seen on your videos. I think your engine was very well maintained by you. If you want try the high mileage version. Still I say 3 times same response. Your engine is clean. Celebrate that. Knowing that your engine has been clean all along. That is a great thing. So be happy. Doesn't make for dramatic video. Does make a statement of quality about you. ☝️😁
I also like to pour a bottle in the oil before changing the oil and run it for ~10-15 miles
Put it in your crankcase at oil changes- 1oz. per quart. After having to replace a turbo on a Nissan Juke that the oil supply line to the Turbo got choked I wanted to do something that would work to keep the line clear and prevent build up. Now I use it in all my vehicles to prevent sludge build up in the crankcase- works great.
If you have a PCV catch can, you will not produce too much smoke. The can usually catches about a cup of oil at every oil change that would otherwise have cooked on the top of the pistons.
I NEVER used Sea Foam on my truck and it cleaned out all the carbon deposits.
The slight hesitation disappeared and the engine runs as quiet as the day I drove it off the car lot 11 years ago.
I used seafoam in my old v6 tundra. It smoked soooo bad! I actually drove for about 6 miles before it quit. But, it ran so much better after that!
The smoke coming out is just the seafoam oil burning. It has nothing to do with being carbon deposits being dislodged by the seafoam
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I used Seafoam in the fuel system to help fix the EVAP malfunction temporarily on my car and replaced the parts in question after a year.
350 tbi is a great motor, i did this to my 95 Suburban and got tons of smoke. I use straight seafoam can, not the aerosol can. I suck it in though the vacuum line. And to hot soak it, i let it suck so much sea foam near the bottom of the can, it stalled the truck. Also it had a 160,000 on it already when i got it, so it was plenty dirty. At 195,000 now.
Seafoam just saved me $2500 by cleaning out a VTC on my daughters Infiniti FX when added to the oil per directions. Got CEL to turn off (after oil change) and was inspected shortly thereafter. Light has been off for two months now. Thanks Seafoam!
The smoke is just the build up of the seafoam not carbon burning
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Watch some videos with boroscope proof. Might change your mind.
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@@AEON. been tested by project farm it did
Mine is from bad gas burning now that Sea foam let's it actually combust !
"Seafoam" Vaping for cars.
On a 4 stroke gasoline or Diesel engine I don't believe it does any good. This would be a lot of work but before using this treatment pull off the heads and examine the valves and valve seats. Also examine the piston tops. Take a good quality photo of each valve, valve seat, and each piston top. Examine the exhaust valve ports on the head. Document everything in detail. Now re-assemble the motor with the new gaskets and etc. Put back the original oil. Do a viscosity and purity test of the engine oil to grade its condition. Before pulling apart the engine get an emissions test. Have the cat converter tested.
Now do the treatment. After finishing, run the vehicle for a few thousand miles. Now pull everything apart again. Do a detailed examination and photo document. Also test the oil. Do a detailed comparison for before and after.
I bet no improvement at all. I would expect some damage to the emissions system especially the cat converter.
I would never do such a thing to any engine. I remember something about running some water spray through a hot engine to clean out carbon. With any of these sprays going in to a hot engine there is risk of cracking valve seals or the valves. Also possible damage to rings. This has to do with washing away some lubricant affect of the oil.
If you have carbon buildup to the point where there is a performance change this means there can be bad valves or bad valve seals. Maybe some problems with piston rings. Sometimes carbon accumulates at a spot on a valve seal causing a hot spot and burning the valve surface or the seal. Only a rebuild of the head will properly fix this. This will happen with a warn valve or using too low an octane fuel or poor quality oil, or not doing the oil changes when due. Also having many miles on an engine.
If the engine output is good, the engine idles as smooth as it should, and the fuel usage is normal for the type of vehicle and engine, it should be okay. If you really want to know more then do a compression test. Get a diagnostics done for the timing, fuel pressure, vacuum levels, timing advance with RPM change, fuel flow rate, high voltage to the spark plugs, and etc.
As for myself, if the engine is running smoothly, there are no unusual sounds from the engine, acceleration feels normal, and the fuel consumption is normal, there should not be anything wrong.
When I was in my 20's up to my early 30's I was building muscle car engines. I was building engines up in to the 600 HP range with 4 speeds for on the street. This is why I know something about engines. As for the new tech vehicles I did not keep up so well. As for the basics of a gasoline engine there has not been that much change in the principle physics of how it works. I am nearly 70 years old today. I had my times with this...
Jerry G. Haha you are right about possible damage to the exhaust system, mu brother was so eager to try this seafom on his jeep and aftert that the check en light came on, codes for one O2 sensor and the cat converter, perhaps it just coincidence abd the cat was about to fail, any way l would blame the seafoam, l would never do it to my car
See project farm. He does this. Lawnmower engines before and after. Head off etc.
@@sugarnads I liked those episodes when he tested seafoam and also other similar products and I did not see enough of a difference in the outcome to waste my money.
You worked on and built cars that constantly get driven at fast speeds high rpms and hard acceleration so no not much carbon
Besides the exhaust, this dude is definitely smoking something
Those old T-body engines have fuel constantly cleaning the inner surfaces of the intake manifold and runners. Newer injection system designs never see fuel up in the intake, just a mixture of air and crank case vapors, which equals more crud build up in the intake stream compared to your old truck. Newer isn't always 100% better . You'd be better off just dumping the cleaner in the fuel tank and drive as usual.
🇬🇧 here. OK, just my 2 pen'orth (2 cents for my 🇺🇸 friends!)
I bought a Suzuki 500 privately last year, 15 years old, 2850 miles on the clock, been sitting in sheds for much of its life. Owner had got it running but it was still quite sickly, always trying to run on 1 cylinder. I got it home & mechanic friend introduced me (& it) to SeaFoam, a product I'd never heard of before. He put a full can of it in the bike's fuel tank & told me to rev it.."red-line it" (😱) & get it working , use it & get some fresh fuel through its system as well. I did this (70mph in 3rd = 10,500 rpm redline[😱😱]) on the local dual carriageway! & it worked - it was noticeablly much better. I've put the occasional can of SeaFoam in as I've filled up with fuel & I have a much happier bike.
Nearly a year on, it's *much* improved but no, there's never been a cloud of white smoke from the exhaust!
You have to pour enough seafoam into the engine to stall it at Idle. Allowing the engine to run after you've stopped applying the sea foam clears out much of the seafoam. if you wanna get those epic smoke plumes you see
back in the dark ages (1980s) I worked at a cadillac dealer we sold lots of limos, the old 500 v8s would carbon up so bad that big chunks would fall off in the combustion chamber, it sounded like a rod knock, we would get 4 gallons of cold water, pinch off the upper radiator hose, drive it just to the point of severe overheating, the pour the water in the carb at 3,000 rpm, talk about a cloud, but they were nice and quiet and ran better
Seafoam - SEA-FOAM - designed for use with 2 cycle marine engines, also useful for other 2 cycle engines like lawnmowers. It only works if it sits on the cylinder to soak in and help break up the deposits, otherwise it is 99.9% useless. The smoke is just the seafom burning. It also causes problems with catalytic converters.
@Island Mike fix in a can
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Seafoam is an overrated, expensive product.
We'll I've personally been using it for about 10 years. Never a problem (if you use it correctly). And there is boroscope proof of it actually working. So...
@@dustincady2811 I've seen the boroscope pictures and videos, little 5mm chunks is not going to affect anything serious enough to make the engine run better.
Doing this at night I bet you are a big hit with your neighbors. 😂😂
If this is your third time treating the vehicle why would you expect to see a lot of smoke
Seafoam is a petroleum based product so just the use of it will cause smoke until all of it is completely burnt off.
If its being used on the intake side and being directly introduced to the cylinders without being diluted in the gas tank it will most definitely produce smoke.
I filled both throttle body ports with sea foam, unplugged my spark. Then cranked the engine and opened the throttle just the tiniest hair so the sea foam would fall in as evenly as possible without the engine firing. Then I did it again and let it sit. (No I’m not worried about hydrolocking because I poured about 10oz in total. Sounds like a lot. However that has to be divided by 8 cylinders and each cylinder isn’t going to get its 1/8 share all in one stroke). And I tell you what…that was a huge..huge…long lasting plume. Also for any tbi Chevy folks out there you should have a crankcase vent tube going into the tb. It sucks pretty hard so you can pour sea foam right in that tube. You could also slip a much smaller tube into it and stick that tube right into the can of sea foam and get a nice metered, but relatively heavy flow compared to simply pouring it into the gas tank
The way to do it is similar to Wal-Mart: Basically, have a way to meter the intake side of the engine, using the brake booster hose (it's like using a vacuum pump to bring in the Sea Foam directly into the intake system). Then, use half of the can and run it through your fuel system -- and keep the car running at idle the whole time in Neutral (manual) or Park (automatic).
Yep. The stuff just works! I swear by Seafoam. Also they make an additive that goes in your fuel tank. Really works great in cleaning carbs and fuel injection systems.
I for sure felt the different when I did this with my old Focus. The biggest difference I noticed was in acceleration.
same here, i have a jeep 4.0 straight 6 and I did as the can said, got more rmp's and faster acceleration i think also
I used the STP Intake Valve Cleaner on my Mini Cooper S, directly into the intake pipe. It worked beautifully for improving acceleration and smoothing idle drastically
I believe that the instructions tell you to go take the vehicle on a "spirited" drive after the hot soak period. Not rev it with no actual load. You're supposed to go load it up good (aggressive climb up a long grade, etc.).
I have used sea foam for the past 35 years in everything I own. I have a 20 year old riding lawn mower. It runs great and still has the original spark plug in it. It works that well, sea foam and my mower. I used a camera to look into the cylinder and the piston is incredibly clean. I also use far more than the recommended amount. I also us Mobil 1 engine oil. For 6 dollars a year its cheap. It always starts every year with leaving the gas in it all winter. my snow blower is also equally great running with Mobil 1 and sea foam. Living in Minnesota I get a lot of use out of it. Buy it! I have never had an issue with not starting leaving the gas in both year round.
Never used this stuff in my life...until this week. Put some in the tank at a pretty good level of concentrate and added some to the oil 100 miles before an oil change. Honestly, you can feel the power difference in the pedal and the valvetrain noise is markedly less. Impressed. Ford 3v 5.4L with 189,000 miles, otherwise a well maintained motor but obviously had some carbon and sludge.
I just used seafoam on my 07 charger srt8 and it worked. Got a huge smoke cloud in my garage.
I had a 1995 K1500 Chevy 4 wheel drive with 300,000 miles. I unhook vacuum hose at the brake booster put hose a top of Seafoam can it suck it out a little at time you will get all the smoke you want. I use it regularly about every 20,000 miles ran like new for years. It 346,000 when I sold it. Never use oil. I changed in every 3,000 miles Seafoam is a great product.
Yeah that's your problem definitely buy the other can and take the vacuum hose from the brake booster to the intake manifold and run the vehicle and do it that way I would use about half can or less than half and let it hot soak for about 15 20 min and the fire it back up and may be hard ti start and then once get it going it will smoke bad lol I've done this many of times on different vehicles a 93 ford ranger 4.0 and a 03 kia sedona van and a 98 saturn sl2 and a 05 honda accord and a 07 ford freestyle and a 97 mazda 626 and a 85 chevy s10 and a 92 chevy s10 and a 85 chevy celebrity and a 87 Plymouth Voyager 3.0 and a 96 dodge grand caravan 3.3 and so sor much more lol and every time I used seafoam I did it through the brake booster vacuum house to the intake works everytime . No isses never had a issues at all
I'm a mechanic on my own business and I've been using seafoam as long as it's done for sale never had any problems EVER!
definitely had to subscribe. one of the few that backs up his finds but is DIRECT and informative.
I pulled the spark plugs on my wifes 2010 honda cr-v, poured some liquid seafoam in let it soak for a couple of hours, turned over the motor with no plugs to blow out the liquid and when I put the plugs back in and fired it up the white smoke was crazy! Seafoam is a great product, I've been using it for years.
Very good video! Easy to understand and follow, clear picture and no shaking! Great job!
I’ve got an 02 tahoe with the 5.3. To get more smoke, you need to kill the motor with seafoam. I do the old school method though, I pop off the vacuum line to the master cylinder and let it sip through that, not an aerosol can. Then when I have about 2 inches left in the can I dump all of it into that line. It will choke out the motor. Do that before an oil change, drain your oil, swap filters and top off then go for a ride. You’ll smoke out the whole neighborhood.
The smoke isn’t carbon deposits being burned off. It’s the oil in the seafoam that makes it smoke
Seafoam is more flammable than gas
In the 80s we just used ATF poured down the carb of a warm engine. Take a quick trip down the Interstate in 2nd gear and you could actually hear the carbon coming off! Smoke? HELL YEAH it smoked!
You need to stall the vehicle at the end of the can contents .you ran the engine after the end of the can and didnt get a full hot soak
I use the Lubricant Engineers' LX fuel additive it keeps everything clean as I drive, it also provides upper cylinder lubrication.
All I use is seafoam period I try to be the spokesperson for it every where I go! Especially if a salesman at a auto parts store tries to sell me some other additve! I swear by it!
Did this to my 1995 c1500. 5.7l /350. Lots o white smoke. Truck runs great
I’ve been seafoaming for over 10 years you want smoke and you really want it to work don’t buy their lame spray can thing buy a regular can pull the vacuum line off the brake booster get a funnel suck half a can in through there as fast as possible without stalling the engine. The problem with the spray can is the flow rate is to slow and most of its immediately sucked up and burned in combustion so really that method is a waste of time and money.
Where is the brake booster?
the big round thing on the fie wall behind the brake pedal
lilbill11891 excellent explanation and that’s a good way to remember it.
I just did this yesterday on my 2005 jeep liberty and I got billowing smoke! The smoke literally filled up my whole street. It was great
Reading the comments. Its apparent that people don't know the meaning of clickbait. This is not clickbait, he told your the reasons you shouldn't use it in the into of the video.
Seems clickbait to me. I'm not even subbed to the guy and got a notification. I won't sub based on this video either. He based the video on not getting white billowing smoke 😂😂😂
I’ve done this to every vehicle I’ve ever owned and I agree it works! Great job!
I got about the same amount of smoke on my 2005 GMC Yukon Denali 6.0L
I have been using seafoam since I had to go to marinas to buy it. That is like five years before it came out in automotive stores.
Great stuff!
I GOT THE PLUME!!!! Worked great. I didn’t even realize my idle was bad until I saw the difference. I should have done it in front of the neighbors house!!!! 😂😂😂
Seafoam has fixed my 2 stroke outboard motor several times. We had fuel contamination, had the tank and fuel lines drained, filters replace and ran it on a small tank with one gallon of high test gas with a whole bottle of Seafoam. Smoked like crazy, let it sit over night, ran it again long enough to get hot and then ran the motor on regular NEW fuel. BAM…slow starting and rough running ended. Spraying directly in the carburetor is good too but it must be in the fuel.
Subd because of your enthusiasm. You just woke me up!
I have a 99 Tahoe with over 200K. I did the hot soak spraying into my throttle body. Did see white smoke but not a lot. I threw some seafoam in my oil n will change oil in 300 miles. Great product. Love your videos.
Just fixed my rough idle after spending $750 on replacement parts
If you want a lot of smoke you have to go to the brake booster vacuum line
I had a 2010 silverado 5.3, 6l80e trans and it was used for security work where it idled non stop, was 3 years old and had 5 k engine hours and i was hopping it up a bit, did a good intake, great exhaust work, long tubes, custom engine and trans tune and some valvetrain work, it helped a bit, then i did the seafoam in the oil, gas tank and the intake and man.. what a HUGE difference. it was wayyy more powerful. Also when i did the intake treatment so much crap came out of the exhaust but It would bounce your head off the head rest when i did a 2nd gear pull afterwards and spin the tires a few feet. Before all that it would just bog a bit and then pickup speed. It honestly idles and runs better at 170k miles than it did at 60k miles.
Try appling it through the break Boosters vacume line it will produce tons of smoke.
thats what we did when i worked at jiffy lube
I love this stuff have used it with proven results in multiple cars for years.
O and put it in brake booster line.
You should never you Seafoam if there is a Chinese Spy ballon above your home.
lightly rev and slowly pour the liquid version into your vacuum line from the brake booster. I always get crazy plumes of smoke! One time my mechanic neighbor came running over in a panic, cuz he thought it was on fire!! lololololol
Children should not play with fire.
I did this today for two vehicles: 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.3L V6 (220k Miles), 1998 Ford Explorer 4.0L V6 (163k). I also added 1oz. Per gallon of fuel to the tanks and 1oz. Per quart of oil to the crankcases. Honestly, the Ford didn’t really make much smoke at all throughout the spraying process, only after the hot soak did it produce minimal white exhaust. The Hyundai, however, smoked a fair amount throughout the spraying process and then minimally after the hot soak. The Hyundai seemed to have a bit of clanking and knocking at start up after the hot soak, but that went away about .5 miles away from the house. The Ford started ok but the idle fluttered for a minute or two after the hot soak but went away before I left the parking spots. I’d did recognize that both engines had better throttle response and ran smoother during the “aggressive” driving and at idle after returning home. All in all I’m please with my $60 invested. We’ll see what the oil looks like and what improves after this tank of fuel. I’m curious what others think about the fact that it was 30degrees outside while I did this; of course knowing I let the cars warm significantly before beginning?
Go through the brake booster vacuum line...my neighbor ran over phone in hand thought my truck was on fire.
The best product ive used... smooth engine and quiet no more ticking etc.
Hey i have the same vehicle next time u do this put half of it into the gas tank and the other half into the vac hose connected imto the brake booster. The engine will choke alot after u pour the whole second half into the hose let the engine die. Connect the hose back to the brake booster and turn the car off wait 20 minutes turn the car on. I promise youll make your whole block cloudy.
Damien Chavez It’s not good to hydrolock you engine like that. Your could bend a rod
Hunt Guy u do it slowly and it will choke up and eventually shut off from it then just add a lil bit after it dies on its own then if u still have some left over just tank it in the gasthats how I do it every time and I get the fire department call " there's a car on fire " ha ha ha then drive down street with it billowing and it clouds up everywhere looks cool too
You don’t hydrolock the engine you let it chock it’s self out “make it run too rich” you don’t dump the can in lol. Then you let it sit plug the hose back in and fire it up.
Yea the Brake Booster is how I did mine I have a 95 Tahoe the sane color as his Suburban in the video
Non pressure can poured into the brake booster hose FTW
I love watching 1road sometimes because it’s like watching you work on my own trucks, a 95 c1500 5.7 tbi
I've used it for about 20 years as a winter fuel stabilizer. No issues.
Suck the C foam from the brake booster vacuum hose into the intake. It will smoke like crazy.
Back in the '80s, one of my neighbors poured oil into his carb. I came outside and the street was filled with smoke. I called the fire department and by the time they got there the smoke was gone. They thought I was nuts. A few hours later my neighbor saw me outside and asked me if I called the fire department, and he told me what he had done. He said he heard the fire trucks coming and had closed his garage door.
I find Seafoam does work. My newest Seafoam project was my daughter's car. Her motor was running rough so I took it to the auto parts store and the code said number 5 cylinder injector was stuck open. I poured half a can of Seafoam in the tank and drove around for about 40 miles. Problem solved.
Odd, I used pour in Seafoam in 2 90's cars by pouring it in through the brake vaccum booster line and got massive smoke.
I tried it on my 2006 scion xb at my job directly through my brake booster hose and it the result was it looked like a night club outside the parking lot ..to make things more fun after I got off work it was still smoking on the way home I had cars behind me drive on the other side of the road to avoid me killing there lungs ..I laughed all the way home...it does work ...works best depending on the type of Gas you use..
I'm old school hotroder. Before they had Seafoam and other cleaners, we used 50/50 diesel and atf. Slowly poured it down the carb while throttling the engine up. Talk about smoke, we once had the fire department come out because of fire call in.